Economic performance projected to improve in Belize and the Caribbean: CDB
By Adele Ramos From Amandala Caribbean economies are expected to grow, on average, by around 2.3% in 2014, and Belize’s economy by 2.5% in 2014 and 2015, according to the recently released annual report of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)….
New early childhood care and education registration collaboration
Agencies collaborate in new registration process for early childhood care and education centres Coordinated by the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Unit of the Ministry of Education, a range of Government agencies are collaborating to implement the registration and…
Caribbean Journalists receive awards
From South Florida Caribbean News NEW YORK – Renowned Journalist and Managing Director of Marcia Erskine and Associates, Mrs. Marcia Erskine is the recipient of the 2014 Marcella Martinez award, while Free-Lance Journalist Baz Dreisinger received the 2014 Marcia Vickery-Wallace…
Haiti plans to become an “emerging country by 2030” – Lamothe
From Caribbean360 WASHINGTON D.C., United States, Friday June 13, 2014, CMC – Haiti is embarking upon a development plan that is aimed at making it an “emerging country by 2030,” Prime Minister Laurent Salvador Lamothe has said. The country has…
CARIBBEAN VIEW: Stop cursing CARICOM as Darkness; It is a light not yet fully turned-on
By Sir Ronald Sanders Dr Franklin Johnston, a strategist, project manager and advisor to the Jamaica Minister of Education, wrote a column in the Jamaica Observer of May 30, 2014 in which he basically contended that the Caribbean Common Market…
Dominican Republic delivers on immigration promise
By Aníbal De Castro From Miami Herald As close partners, the Dominican Republic and the United States work together on numerous security, economic, and humanitarian issues. In our efforts to bolster the largest economy in the Caribbean and further develop…
PIN students awarded
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin congratulated a dozen students Thursday night who successfully completed the Positive Intervention Now programme at St. George’s Anglican Church. After offering them words of encouragement, Mr. McLaughlin presented Danielle Bryan her…
Cayman rugby lose to USA South in close match – UPDATED REPORT
USA South beat Cayman Islands in try fest 34-24 From NACRA The USA South moved to the top of North Championship League table on Saturday with a narrow 34-30 over the Cayman Islands. The South got tries from Chad Haynes,…
Two-day UK/Caribbean meeting in London: focus on partnership, security
From Trinidad Express A two-day meeting of United Kingdom and Caribbean foreign ministers gets under way in London, England, today with the strengthening of “partnership” for economic development and security as priority agenda issues. Officially slated as the Eighth UK/Caribbean…
Two road accidents Sat (14) Mid-day road accident: Esterley Tibbetts Highway Sat (14)
Mid-day road accident: Esterley Tibbetts Highway From RCIPS Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 3:17 PM At approximately 1159hrs Sat (14), a single motor vehicle accident occurred along the Esterley Tibbetts Highway approximately 100meters north of the Yatch Club round-about. The accident…
